What can you get to within a 15-minute walk of your house?

A recent YouGov survey asked Americans what they think they should be able to get to within a 15-minute walk of their house.

Of these choices, I can currently walk to all of them from my apartment, aside from a university (no biggie, I’m not currently studying, although there is a Tafe within walking distance), a hospital, and a sports arena.

How many can you get to with a 15 minute walk from your house?

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  • PonyOfWar
    23•4 months ago

    Mid-sized village (around 10k inhabitants) in Germany:

    • 4 grocery stores

    • 2 pharmacies

    • Bus stop (and train station)

    • 5 or so restaurants

    • Post office

    • Bank

    • Gas station

    • Elementary school

    • 2 Kindergartens

    • 2 barber shops

    • Bar

    • Sports field (calling it an arena would be a bit much)

    Alas, no university or hospital, but I think for a village it’s pretty good.

    • @johnyma22@lemmy.ml
      10•4 months ago

      This feels like the type of thing open street maps could provide a service for where you put in your postcode and it returns the services within a 15 mins walk.

        • @johnyma22@lemmy.ml
          2•4 months ago

          I assume you mean point of interest?

          I don’t see this option in the web based version, also, “similar in the area” != within 15 mins walk.

    • @tissek@sopuli.xyz
      4•4 months ago

      From where I live in my small Swedish town (about 8k inhabitants), so pretty much the whole town

      2 grocery stores

      2 convenience stores

      2 bus stops (5 lines)

      At least 10 resturants including a burger joint, a thai and a chinese. Most pizza places though

      1 hardware/home appliance store

      1 hardware/gardening store

      2 home appliance stores

      3 clothing stores, of which one for babies and one for sports

      4 (?) Hairdresser

      2 pharmacies

      3 second hand stores

      3 gyms, one of which at the sport centre

      A sport centre with swimming hall, general sport hall, bowling alleys, gym and fields for outdoor sports

      Two large schools and a couple of daycares

      Church

      2 graveyards

      Police station

      Municipal services

      2 Opticians

      1 library

      Think that may be it

    • @V0uges@jlai.lu
      2•4 months ago

      I moved to a tiny village (1.2k inhabitants) at the outskirts of the Paris metro. We got:

      • 1 supermarket that also doubles as a post office
      • 1 bakery
      • 1 pastry chef
      • 1 pizzeria
      • 1 fancier restaurant
      • 1 pharmacy
      • 1 kindergarten (mandatory school for 3-6yo) and 1 primary school (for 6-10yo)
      • about 20 child-minders for the 0-3yo with working parents
      • 1 tennis, basket, football field
      • 1 gym for indoor tennis
      • 1 public library
      • 1 train station next town with direct trains to Paris in 40min
      • 6 bus stops along the Main Street with one line going to the train station
      • a church that only opens once a year for a concert of Christmas carols
      • 1 castle
      • we are next to a river so we got a ton of public paths along it where we jog, bike or just walk as well as a water reserve thing for animals where we go hiking

      Considering the size of the village and how many people live there, I’d say we’re pretty good on the 15 minutes thing.

      • @AA5B@lemmy.world
        1•4 months ago

        I have a lot of these here in the US, even an interesting house called a “castle”, but have no idea to where there might be a bakery or pastries, depending. Grocery has a lot of baked goods, and places like Starbucks has pastries. Do those count?

        • @V0uges@jlai.lu
          2•4 months ago

          My experience with Starbucks here in Europe is that it’s industrialized processed shit. Tastes good every once in a while but isn’t really healthy nor are the ingredients ok. On the other hand, in France, even the smallest supermarket has its own baker and pastry chefs who do daily fresh loafs of bread and baguettes / tradition and pastry. I like American bread that you get in your stores but consider it more of a cake as it’s quite sugary. Like slap some salted butter and jam on top of it, an espresso shot on the side and you’re set for a nice breakfast unless you’re diabetic.